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Ein scharfes Auge für Schurkerei
A Victorian gentleman . . . A brutal killing . . . When a neighbour is murdered in his own home, Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie dig deep into his tragic past to find out who is behind the bludgeoning. A Particular Eye for Villainy is the fourth crime novel in Ann Granger's historical mystery series. The perfect read for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. 'The book's main strength…
Gemeinsame Themen: Social conditions, History
Der schuldige Fluss
During his lifetime, British fiction writer Wilkie Collins came to rival Charles Dickens in popularity and critical acclaim. Like Dickens, Collins often gravitated toward characters who overcame significant obstacles to learn important life lessons. The novella The Guilty River continues in this vein, recounting an against-all-odds love affair that blossoms between a couple that each…
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature
Rodney Stone
From the book:On this, the first of January of the year 1851, the nineteenth century has reached its midway term, and many of us who shared its youth have already warn-ings which tell us that it has outworn us. We put our grizzled heads together, we older ones, and we talk of the great days that we have known; but we find that when it is with our children that we talk it is a hard matter to make…
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, History
Die ersten Menschen im Mond
When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by…
Gemeinsame Themen: Imperialism, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature
Der unkommerzielle Reisende
A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches.
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, History
Zwanzig Jahre Hull-House
Jane Addams's narrative of life in an immigrant urban neighborhood provides students with an introduction to the issues of the Progressive era and the tenets of social activism. This new teaching edition reduces Addams's original text by about 35 percent, trimming illustrative detail to focus on the ideological underpinnings of the original work. The author sketches a brief biographical portrait…
Gemeinsame Themen: Social conditions, Classic Literature, History
Bel-Ami
.I Quand la caissiere lui eut rendu la monnaie de sa piece de cent sous, Georges Duroy sortit du restaurant. Comme il portait beau, par nature et par pose d'ancien sous-officier, il cambra sa taille, frisa sa moustache d'un geste militaire et familier, et jeta sur les dineurs attardes un regard rapide et circulaire, un de ces regards de joli garcon qui s'etendent comme des coups d'epervier. Les…
Gemeinsame Themen: Colonies, Classic Literature, History
Pelham
This is the tale of Henry Pelham. He falls in love with his best friend’s sister, and then learns that his friend is accused of murder. He must find the real killer in order to marry his love. The book really illustrates the manners, habits and lifestyles of the rich and famous in the first half of the 19th century. This is a very entertaining read!Please Note: This book is easy to read in true…
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature
Martin Chuzzlewit
The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin's journey – an experience that teaches him to question his…
Gemeinsame Themen: Young men, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, History
Basil
Basil is the second novel written in 1852 by the British author Wilkie Collins, after Antonina.
Gemeinsame Themen: Young men, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature
Das Gesetz und die Dame
Three years ago, her husband stood accused of murder -- and the verdict that came in from the jury was the Scottish Verdict, Not Proven. The jury had not evidence enough to convict him
-- nor enough to comfortably exonerate him. Eustace could not bear the weight of her discovery; he fled to the continent, to live in anonymity. But Valeria knew her husband, and she loved him. She knew he was…
Gemeinsame Themen: Social conditions, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature
Der schwarze Priester
The Black Robe is an 1881 partially-epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. The book, which relates the misadventures of one "Lewis Romayne", is noted for its anti-Catholic lens.
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature
Der Wohlstand der Nationen
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific argument for the principles of political economy, it is the point of departure for all subsequent economic thought. Smith's theories of capital accumulation, growth, and secular change, among others, continue to be influential in modern economics. This reprint of…
Gemeinsame Themen: Colonies, History